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“No," you don't know what I mum: “and little you thank me (or carrying the treacherous secret since alums: the hour of your birth. It is time {or you to know the truth at last. You are not the heiress of Whitestone Hallâ€"you are not Basil Burlhurst’s child!" "1 can notâ€"seemâ€"toâ€"graspâ€"what you mean. or who you are to Jen-if, luv 30.” A mocking Imile played about the woman's lips as ahe rcpliod, in u glow. even. distinct voice: A! the sell-same momont that the teens just described was being en- actedinthe study Rex Lyon was pac- ing .to and lro in his room. waiting for the summons of Plum tmjoin the bridal-party in the corridor and ad- journ to the parlors below, where the guests and the minister awaited His heart seemed to cling With t; The lettef lttange restlessness to Daisy, the, ' ' - {:ir little-child-btide. WM.” had . but Rex, had caught at. one hope, as. "a no ”gammy-ms. first and. a drowning mu catches at s straw. only love. neat little Daxsy! I “Merciful Heaven!” - 'hc crisd, hit From the breast-pocket. of his cost i heart beating m “a “3., ~qu it he took the chat" or dudes)» hsd ’oyt s and jut to {tighten him on' gene thunk the storm on hxs wed-.lns weddh‘uoent Dab, alive! Oh. “as.“ .1. gather. Bo [OI 'dt- . a“ 3“"5: fl it can a]: ho trust". _,_L ,_‘I , “X-Iâ€"do not. k'iow what you mv:”:n. gasped Pluma, her great courage and {attitude linking before this w:'omms lawlessness and deli- ant__authority. am an monument would at- He in. Li. N #:2521130 ham!!! “that may} ' ' "Twenty dollars, indeedi" she met-red ,mockingly. "'l‘wvnty thous- and will not answer my purpose. From this time lorth I intend to live; as be- fits a lady. I want that necklace you are wearing, as accurity that you will produce {he required sum for; me before toâ€"morrow night.” The coarse proposal amazed Pluma. "I thought Whitestone Hall especi- ally guarded against thieves," the said, "You seem to be a desperate woman; but I. Pluma Huxlhurst, do not fear you. \Ve will pawl over the‘ remark! you have jusit uttered as simply beyond discussion." He walked toward the window and drew aaide the heavy curtains. The storm was beating against the win- dow-Pane as he leaned his feverish .18“ against are cool glass. gazing out into the impenetrable darkness with A“. “Arousc the household it you dare!" biased the woman. tightening her hold upon the white arm upon which the jmelg flushed and quivered. “I! Basil Hurihuret knew What I know on wouH be driven from this house 'lure an hour had passed." match: to gaunt . nc wu wutâ€" Just Heaven. u u In. am a. account should ah'ne than could tho-vim“. _A ‘A Aw‘.‘ -‘A‘A- -m‘A“ __-_‘_.’_._ ‘.,A tho- marriage of her husband and Pluma by telling Mr. Harlhurst that sho is Rex's wile. Tudor reports i‘hat she is Mr. Hurlhurst’s long-loot daughter. Pluma is discovered in oonfcrmce with a strange woman. his mother" dying wish he ennces himself to Plume Enrihnrit. “0 daughter by the first merriate 0‘ the meter of Whitestone Ball. Hr. Hurihnrst's second wife. whom he loved better than the first. died ‘Pd her child in supposed to here died with her. After seventeen yenra’ ml- Gfl“. his dying housekeeper confes- ee: that his child did not die. but was stolen. He sets out to find her. Plum was responsible for Dais!" "3" mom]. Lester Stanwick. her too), threatens to expOSe her if Ihe Will not marry him. She defies him. Daisy after many viscissitudes de- termines to visit her Uncle John,but falls iii and i3 cared for by Detective Tudor whose aid is sought by Mf- Hurihurst in search {or his missing fi‘aughter. Daisy sets out to stop_ I’lumu’s face grew deathly white; : strange mist. seemed gathering be- fore her. With a éwift. gliding modon the at- tempted to reach the bell-rope. Again thy - w Lindon ‘ intc rccpt ed her. .l‘“‘ to bee, honor. ‘and eherEhThe wife whom he was about to wed! He might honor and cherish her, but love her he eould not. no nutter tor all the manages he might make. The; wet d hung was directed from” avm aboveâ€"it was not for nor- ~.n. to accept or want 9* win I "It: you dare to thneaten me! in my cum house." cried Plunn, fairly beside Alt-melt with main. “I begin to be- l'n-ve you are not aware to! whom 1°“ are speaking. You shall not force me to listen. I shall miss the win- dow and cry out to the guests» below.” "Very well, then. I find I am compelled to tell you something I Mch intended you would know- somvthinz that, unless I am greatly mistakenin my estimate c! you, will change your high and mighty notioss altogether." "1 want money." she oaizl, her thin iips quivering in an evil smile, “and It is but right that you should sup- ply me with it. Look at. the dia- monds 1. pr suiting a {orinn9,gleam- ing on your throat, while I am lack- ing the neccsmrics a! life." "What is that to me I" cried; Pluma ncorn 'ull). "Allow me :0 was from the room, and I will send my maid buck to you with a twenty- -dollar note. My moments are precious; do not detain me." by force of circumstances on their wedding day. Daisy thinks that 3:: has cast her on. no in true but be- !lpvea that she in dead. According to SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP- TE'RSthx Lyon secretly marries pans} Brno}: _ They are nepargtqq The woman was heading so near In", het breath almost scorched her cut-ck. C“ A [’1‘ ER XXX VIILâ€"Con tinned. CHAPTER XXXIX. your mother. Pluma!” Heiress and Wife. 3 “The shaft does not contain the 112-! 5 mains of Daisy Brooks, and I solemn-l , 1y affirm, although I have no elem to' {substantiate the belief, that Daisy! iBrooks is not dead, but living, and? .Pluma Burlhurat’o soul is not dyed‘ ‘Wlth the blood which aha would not have hesitated to shed to remove an. unmet-lit rival {run her path. I do: _-L “I give you this last and final state- ment in all truth. I was haunted day and night by her ead,pititul face; it almast drove me mad with remorse, and to ease my mind I had the shaft searched a week ago, and learned the startling factâ€"it revealed no "955 of her ever having been. there. "When you left her she was: strick- en with a [Mex-nut was amid: tohave cost hat her life. She disappeared from sight, and it was said she had thrgwp herself into the pit. _ not hold my”?! guiltlegâ€"l'till-t‘l; planner at a crim is tar more guilty 9mg up too) yho does the work in her. She little cared what happen- ed the little fair-haired creature. Be~ lore I had timn to carry out the de- sign fate drifted her into my hands. I rescued her, at the risk! of my own life. from a watery grave. I gave out she was my wife, that the affair might reach your ears, and you would believe the child willfully eloped with me. I swear to you no impure thought ever crossed that child’s brain. I gave ‘her a very satisfac- tory explanation as to why I had started so [else a report. In her innocenceâ€"it seemed possibleâ€"she did not contradict my words. "Then you caine upon the scene, charging her with the report, and, dc- manding to know the truth. “At that moment 5.1m saw the at- fair in its two light. Heavcm knows 9119 was as pure as a spotless. lily; but appearances were sadly against the child. simply because she had not con- tradicted the report that I had cir- culatedâ€"that she was my wife. Her lips were; dumb at the mere suspicion you hurled against her, and. she could not plead with you for very horror. and amazement. hope at reward. “The hit-ens of Whiteatono Hall has played no talus, take to your heart your (air, blushing bride, but remember her: is u pox-noun love.” tossed it upon entering the room, glancing carelessly at the superscrip- tion. His countenance changed when he saw it; his lips. tmmhledmnd a hard, bitter light crept into his brown eyes. He remembered the chirography but too well. "From Stanwick!" he cried. lean- ing heavily against the mantel. Rex read the letter through with a burning flush on his face, which grew white as with the pallor of death as he read; a dark mist: was be- fore his eyes. the sound of surging waters in his ears. All at once he remembered the let'- ter a stranger had handed him out- up from the mantel, where he had not thought much about the matter until now. Mechanically he picked it up from the manteln when he had "Old College Chum,"-â€"it began -- "For the sake of those happy hours of our school-days, you will please favor me by reading Whit I have written to the end. “If you Love Plums Hurihurst bet- ter than your sense at honor. this lot- ter is of no avail. I can not. see you drifting on to ruin without longing to save you. You have been cleverly Caught in the net the scheming heiress has set. for you. It is cer- tainly evident ahe loves you with a love which is certainly a perilous “She knew the temptation was daz- zling. For long houxs we talked. the matter over. She was to In niab money 'to send the girl to school, from which I was shortly to abduct to tell Plums. the sorrowful story of his love-dream. me. he has humbled mine?’ Heaven knows, old boy, I am ashamed to ad- mit the shameful truth. I rather on- joyed the. Eituution of affairei ‘My love i9 turned to hotel's-he cried, vehemently. ‘I must strike him through his love for thit little pink- zmd-white baby-faced creature he is so madly infatuated with. Remove her from his path. Lester,’ she cried, ‘und Iehall make it worth your while. You asked me once if [would marry you. I answer now; remove that girl from his path, by fair means or foul, and I give you my hand as the reward. I. the heiress of White~ stone Hall.” “*‘l‘hpre is not much safety in the fierce. passionate love 01 a desperate, jealous woman. You will pardon me for believing at one time your heart was elsewhere. You will won- der why I refer to that; it will sur- prise you to learn. that one subj>ct forms the b.1319 of this Lotter. 1 re- fcr to little Dal-3y Brooks. "You remember the night you saw little Daisy home, burning with in- dignation at the cut directâ€" Whit'b Plum“; had subjected the pretty lét- tle [airy to? 1 simply recall that fact. as upon that event hangs the terrible sequel which I free my (:o'n- science by unfolding. You had scarcely left the Hall ero Pluma cznl- ed me to her side. "Thfi' were too truly exemplified in lh-v case of I’luma Hurlhurs-t whm she found you preferred little golden- haircd Daisy Brooks to her own; peer- 1933 5111'. 'W’lnc shall I do, Lester,’ she cried, ‘to strike his heart? What shall I do to humble his mighty~ pride "‘00 not leave 2, Lester; sfhc said; ‘1 want to see you; remain until after all the guests have left." "I did 50-. You have read the 131105; "'Ilcavvn ‘has no rage like love to hatred turned, Ncr hell :1 fury like a woman scorn- ward my my little 1 plaininv t Then ' ‘ Pluma. 11.. “ML: "'Soon alter this event a daring . thought came to me. I could present ‘ you, ere long, with myself, at White- .ntone Hall. Basil Hurlhurat would 5never know the deception practiced -' upon him; and you, the child of hum- !ble parentage. dhould on y and in- . herit his vast wealth. y bold' plan was successful. We had a ctormy in- terview, and it never occurred to him there could he the least deception- that I we; not his lawtul wife, or you 'his child. u -.. “I found Bail had learned to de- Spise even more fiercely than he had ‘12ch loved me. - “For one brief week I was dazzled with the wealth and jewels he‘lavish- ed upon me; but my conscience would not let me rest. when I thought of my honestâ€"hearted husband, from whom I had fled and whom I had so cruelly “deceived. “My love for Basil was short lived; I was too reckless to care much for not been for the chain; which bound me. He was a handsome, debonair college fellow. as rich as he was handsome. This was Basil Hurl- hurst, the planter’s only son and heir. Our meeting was romantic. I had driven over to the villige in which the college was situated. on an or rand for Taiza. Basil met me driv- ing through the lel'k. He wan young reckless and impulsive. He loved me, and the knowledge of his wealth Idazzled me. I did not tell him I was l a wife. and there commenced my- first Iain. My extreme youth and ignor- I ance of the world must plead for meâ€" , my husband or the world would never know of it. I listened to his. pleading and married himâ€"that is, we went ‘ through the ceremony. He had per- fect faith in its sincerity. I alone hew the guilty truth. Yet enorm- ous as was my crime, I had. but a dim realization of it. any one. My conscience bade me fly from him. I gathered up what money and jewels I could. and fled. A few months after you were born; and I swear to you, by the proofs I can bring you, beyond all shadow of a doubt, you were my lawful husband's child, not Basil’s. "You do not believe me, Isce,“ pursued the wom'm, calmly. "There is nothing but the stern facts that will satisfy you. You shall have them. They are soon told: Years ago, when I was young and fair as you are now, I lived at the home of .1 quiet. well-to-do spinater, 'l‘aiza Burt. She had a nephew, an honest, well-toâ€"do young fellow, who wor- shiped me, much to the chagrin of his aunt; and out of pique one day I married him. I did not love the honosbheartcd fellow, and I lived with him but a. few brief months. I atcd himâ€"yes, hated him, for I had seen anotherâ€"young, gay and hand- someâ€"whom I might have won had it could not curse her for her horrible deceit, because his mother had Loved her so, and it was done through her blinding, passionate love for him; and he buried his face in his hands, and wept bitterly. .It was all clear as noonday to him now. why Daisy had not kept the tryst under the mag- nolia-tree. and the cottage was empty. She must certainly have at- tempted to make her escape from: the school in which they placed her to come back to his. arms. "Oh. dupe that I have been!" he moaned. “Oh. my aweet little inno- cent darling!” he cried. “I dare not hcvpc Heaven has spared you ,to me!" New he understood why he had felt such a terrible aversion to Pluma all along. She had amamtcd him from his beautiful. golden-haired child- bride. His. eyes rested on the certificate which bore Pluma’s' name. also his cvwxn. He tore it into a thousand shreds. “It is all over between us now," he cried. “Even if Daisy were dead, I could never take the viper to: my b03- om that has dealt me. such a deathâ€" blow. If living, I shall search the world over till I find her; if dead, I shall omsocrate my life to the mem- ory of my darling. my pure, little, in- ju_r_od only love. Plumm triad to npaak, but no sound issued from. hnr white lipi. The very tone of the no u'm’.) voice currid yo i- tive conviction with it. A dim realization was stealing over her that this woman's face, and the peculiar tone of hz-r voice, were strangely, mix- ed up with her childhcod dreams; and, try ma she would to 500 'f- at the idea it seems-rt to b: gaining stienglhs with every moment. He could not doubt the truth of the statement Stanwick offered, and the absflutg proofa_ot its qinoetjity.__He He heard a low rap at the door. The servant never forgot the young man's haggard, hopelcm face as he deliyprcd Basil [lurlhurst’s message. "So over} 'one bt-Ticvczl. But my very .presencc hero is proof DOSIUVO such was not the case." blllty. "Little 'Daiey was as pure in thought, wand and deed as an angel. God pity me!” he cried. “Have pa- tience with me for my harshness to- ward my little love. I did not give my little love even the chance at ex- plainin- the situation,” he groaned. Ellen ' thoughts went back to "Ah. it is better so," cried Ru: (0' himsvlf, vehemently. as the mzm ail-i (PnLly and wc-ndoringly closed the. door. “I will go to him at. once, 3011' tell him 1 .shall never marry his' daughter. Heaven help me! I will' tell him all.’ I you are standing in your mother’s [mm-once?" "livery instinct in my heart tells me you are a vile hum-star, woman: I wonder that you dare intimate such a thing. You are certainly an es- caped lunatic. My mo her was lost at sea long years ago. " Htxstily catching up the letter. Rex walked. with a firm, quick tread, to- ward the astudy. in which the strang- est tragedy which was ever enacted was about to transpire. “I am your mothvr, I’luma," ro-l mated the woman, slowly. “Lookl into my .facv, and you will 39:! (-vvryE lintéameat of your own mirrored. :‘hvro. lut for me you would never' have enjoyed the luxuries of \Vhileq atone Hzll, 11:11 this is the way you "may me! 13 «here no natural in-‘ Stinct in your heart that tell-s you‘ mm in M I angel. Ye ave 93- fi‘ less to- ‘ .ot givo~ a g at ox- to :roaned. , ed IN THE FAhflLY.-ANYHO\V. Outside the gates of a big gaol :1 released prisoner was met by his wife land four children, all of whom bore !traces of dire poverty. Ile kissed l them and cried over them, and a sympathetic bystander, noticing how the affecting scene had worked on the people’s feelings, made acollcction for the prisoner's family. It's all 9. dodge. sniffed a sceptical old gentleman. Probably they aren't ‘his bairns at all. ' I happen to know that they are not sir, said a quiet little woman he- qhind him. I Carriage of Letters. ' ‘A very extraordinary case of a fish ’acting as a letter-carrier comes from Reyjavik, in Iceland. On April 29th ' of last year a certain Captain Chris- : tianaen, of the as; Laura, received an tunimportant letter from the Sheriff ’ of Vestermann while the ship was {lying at the latter port. Having per- -used the missive, the captain threw t it carelessly overboard, and his aston- ' iahment may be well imagined when, ‘on the 15th of the following month, :the identical communication soiled , and disfigured, was handed to him by g the Conanl of Reyjavik, to which place " it had actually travelled in the stom- .ach of a large codfiah, and had been |extricated from the same by a local fisherman. Seeing that Yestermann pica some 180 miles from Reyjavik, the ‘letter must have travelled that dis- tance between April 29th and May 15th, the piecine postman consuming {just over two weeks in its submarine , journey. She Int a diamond pin that Ipaid .100 for. You don't say so! By-thc-way, wgg it a single diamond! Two men. evidently acquaintances. were aitting together on one of the acute in the park. i “I knew you, and called you to 'me. I questioned you as to why the ‘house was lighted. and learned the :trulh. Basil Hurlburst had re- : married; he had been abroad with his iwife, and to-night he was bringing . hmug his young wife. No, continued the little woman, treading with all her weight on his toeâ€"not altogether by accident. eith- er. They're his wife's by her first mgrri'nge. Hun-fed withdrawal by the doubt- ing Thoma. I had home had luck the other day "10?; rather. my wife had. said one I "One terrible stormy nightâ€"u bed : a. night as this oneâ€"I made my way to the Hall. It was brilliantly light- ed up, just an it is toâ€"night. “I saw the gate was locked: and through the flashes of lightning 1 haw a little girl sobbing wildly, flung ”we downward in the grass. heedless {at the storm. There you are, friends! Didn't] tell you so? exalted the old man. They're not his children. Rather amusing .was the following: A young lady, walking on Brighton Pier, dropped into the sea by accident a rather tender communication ad- dressed to the man of her choice. She forgot the incident completely, but was reminded of the same in a rather abrupt fashion by the receipt one. morning some. three months later of a letter from her sweetheart, inform- ing her that the missive had been posted to him from Boulogne by a fisherman of that town. It seemed that the latter had found the note in the interior of a huge mackerel, and that being acquainted with Bag-- liah, he had entered into the humor of the situation, and had without de- lay posted the communication to its proper-owner. Never perhaps has a love-letter been conveyed by a more peculiar postman. A dolphin found off the coast of Sicily was the conveyor of a letter from a French gentleman addressed to his wife in Paris. Evidently the writer had allowed the note to fall overboard whilst journeying on his yacht in the Mediterranean, but the letter reached the lady in due course, though some six months intervened between its date and its receipt. There have, however, been cases be- fore this of fish undertaking the carriage of letters. Some fifteen years ago a whale, which was strand- ed on the south coast of France,was found, upon being cut open, to con- tain a mail-bag, wherein there repos- ed many hundreds of letters. The bag in question formed part of a collection which was being conveyed to Guadeloupe by a wrecked vessel, and the letters, though somewhat dingy. were in aperfect state of pre- servation. They were at once sent on to their destination, each letter being marked on the outside, “ Delayed through shipwreck,” no mention, of course, being made of the extraor- dinary incident which had occurred since the missives were posted. Cues Whe to run nave Undertaken tho the gate. You obeyed. That night a little golden-haired child was born at \V'hitesstone Hall, and I knew it would live to divide: the hon- om and wealth of \Vhitestone Hall with youâ€"my child. “My raéc k-fiew no bounds. I com- ganded you t9_ bring me the key of what dbpositlon he had made of you. Years had passed; you were a childmt five summers Set in tamer old-fashioned style! The' have was what I: known as a How .wal that! the other asked. THE VERY SAME. FISH AS POSTMEH. To Be Continued. You are met at the ground floor entrance of the restaurant by one of the farmer's representatives clad in gorgeous silks. who gives your chair or rickshaw coolies directions about the time for their return. and showe you upstairs to the great dining room on the third floor. The tables. which run in three parallel line: down the length of the apartment. are here at everything except the usual silver- ware. with ivory chopsticks added. The big expanse of white cloth has a peculiarly hospitable and restaurant- like appearance. which. however. doee not last ve long.- The wells 3. covered ‘with Chinese The \Vong Tai Lo restaurant. where all these affairs are given, is: the Chi- nese Delmonico's of Hong Kong. It stands in the heart of the native quarter. agive story frame building. elaborately carved, with broad hal- coeniee laden with flowering plants and creepers. and the aural huge feast lanterns swaying in the w_ind. to get to that dinner, andthe is right. There are no vacant seats when the cemmoniep hemp. A week before the close of? his term of office the farmer sends out hiI invitations. These ave always verbal, delivered to the lucky recipient by a ehroff. a polite native clerk, who comes to your door with a smile and a bow, clad in a long blue gown reaching to his heels, and tells you that his master desires the honor of your presence at the Wong Tai Lo restaurant, "to modestly sup with him from a little dish or two. in token of your good will." When a Chinaman makes up his mind to do a thing handsomely he generally goes to the limit. The opium farmer always makes his dinner, which is a sort of farewell to his brief reign of czar of the opium smok- ers, something to be remembered by his white friends. Indeed, he lays aside a large sum of money, from 820,000 to 025,000, for the banquet, and al- ways reckons it as a legitimate item of expense when he figures up. his bid. to the Government at the beginning 01 the year. The invitation needs no response. The sin-oft takes it for granted that you would postpone A TRIP TO EUROPE The opium farmer has the sole) con- trol of every pound. of the drug brought intoHong Kong, and he gen- erally makes from $250,003 to 8300,- 000 clear profit in his year of office. The Government gets much more from him than it could secure if it attempted to control the duties it- self, and, moreover, gets it in a lump sum without the enormous amount of trouble and the large force of\ officers that would otherwise be necessary. The opium farmer’s salaried men watch all incoming boats, and as it is a case of Chinaman against Chinaman very little of the raw material gets past him. At the end of his term of office he GIVES A GREAT. DINNER to government officials. newspaper men and the leading Chinese mer- chants of the colony. This dinner is one of the three great events of the Hong Kong year. The other two are the polo championship games and the sham battle between the troops in the garrison. As amatter of fact, though national pride keeps them from open-. ly acknowledging it, the white people of Hong Kong look on this unique din- ner as by far the‘ most interesting affair in the social calendar. 1‘0 GUARD HIS BUSINESS against smugglers, but he must only use these MJIS for the purpose of ob- taining information. If be secure: knowledge of smuggling operations he turns it over to the authorities. who run the malefaotors down. Nearly every Meek in the year there is a smart skirmish between the sampans of the smugglers from the mainland of China. and the revenue cutters» Pretty little battles some elf them are, too, and very useful in giving young British middies and junior nav- al officers their first taste of sea fighting. The successful applicant is duly gaz- etted in his position, and he is given the assistance of a fleet of a dozen swift government customs vessels to protect his interests. He himself om- ploys several junk: Since that time the selection of an opium farmer, as he is called, has become an annual event. The high- est bid generally ranges from 600.- 000 to 800,000 taels, according to the prospects of the poppy crop (or the year and the condition of the. market. :11 years ago decided to place the whole business in the hands of one man. Realizing, however. the tro- mendous and arbitrary power that could be wielded by a single indivi- dual in such a position, it was also decided that the office should only. be held one year, and that no person should be allowed to keep its for more than a single term. So it was an- nounced that the Government was prepared to nccrpt bids for the pli- vilege. HE IS AWEALTHY FABMER In order to regulate to some extent the importation of opium into Hong Kong and to simplify the collection of duties the British Government sover- is in their eyes oxily a far-away sov- ereign. but half so imposing. BB CONTROLS THE OPIUU TRADE OF KONG KONG. the island with bated breath. To these celestials. subjects of King Edward, the Emperor of China is not nearly so great a man as the opium farmer. and the King himself, oom- pa‘ned with his might'mess of the drug Ills Yearly Ileana 1-0.“. to Tim United Thom-d Dollarsâ€"An nu- bonto O-clnl Dinner. ' In the colony of Hong Kong there in a. Chinaman who, while his brief reign lasts, is spoken at by the quarter of a. million of his tellow countrymen on With regard to the ages of the lpatienrte, it is noteworthy that under ’2 years of age there were 4,264 cases, with 1,442 deathsâ€"33.81 per cent. under 1 year of age, 773 cases. with 305 deathsâ€"39.45 per cent; from. 2 to :5 years of nge, 11,853 cases. with 2.- 103 deathsâ€"19.06 per ocn~t., from 6 to 10 years at acct 9.628 cases. with' l.- 120 deathsâ€"11.63 per cent; over 10 years of ege. 5,929 cases. with 350 deathsâ€"5.9 per cent. This exhaus- tive study demonstrates anew what has been elready conclusively shown. -that there results (ram the use of the diphtheria. nntitoxin. a consider- able reduction in the relative mortal- ity tram the dheese. An increase in the mmtflity rate of 5.07 per cent. when treatment in instituted on the tint any of the «lineal: to e rate. of 28.86 per cent. when the entitoxin is given on the (091th (lag. and 80.0: Elaborate Report Irena-strata Value of Auzlloxln Serum. Otto Jelinek, of the State Institute for the Preparation of Diphtheria Antitoxin, Vienna, has prepared a re- port concernzing the treatment of diphtheria by antitoxin serum. which combines the published reports of all other observers in all mrts of the world to the close of 1898. In all there are reports of 52,785 cases, with 8,525 deaths, a mortality rate of 16.15 per cent. 01’ these, there 'werc treated in hospitals, 35,095, with (3,398 deaths, a mortality rate of 18.23 per cent.; and in private practice and partially also in hospitals, 19.617. with 2.429 deaths. a mortality rate of 12.16 per cent. To these Jelinek has added a number of collective reports (ram Austria, Hungary. Bosnia. Germany. Belgium, Russia and the United States of Americaâ€"127.359. cases, with 18.- 088 deathsâ€"a martality rate of 14.2 per cent. An extremely interesting table is that “hich .shows the in- fluence of the early treatment with antitoxin upon the mortality rate. Thus. of a total of 52 ,1 cases, with 8.026 deathsâ€"<1 mortality rate of 15.28 per contâ€"there were treated on the first day 5,970 with 304 deaths. a mortality rate of 5.07 per cent; on the second day. 17.088. with 1.451 deathsâ€"a mortality rate of 8.49 per cent; on the third day. 13.203. with 2.055 deathsâ€"n mortality rate of 15. 56 per cent; on the fourth day. 6.7“. with 1,576 deathsâ€"a mortality rate. of 23.36 per cent; on the fifth day. 4.- 238, with 1.286 deathsâ€"a mortality rate of 30.02 per cent; after the (Etth day, 3,313. with 924 deathsâ€"a mortal- ity ratt. of 27.80 per cent. and on some day not specified, 1.963, with 430' deathsâ€"n mortality rate of 15.28 per cent. you please from among them. It you go away early enough you are gener- ally wise enough to do this. It you stay till things begin to get warm. you ane apt to forget all about such a prosaic thing as dishes. When midnight com-es and the host. the governor and the chief justice have discreetly retired, the singing. jubilating and toasting begin in earn- est. As daybreak approaches the faithful rickshaw. men who have been kicking their bare Heels on the brick roads for several hours begin to think deep boiling oil thoughts about the foreign devils inside who are yelling1 “Annie Rooney.” “We Wont Go Home; Till Morning," “Auld L'anz Sync" and‘ other incantations to their gods. served are the most magnificent and costly samples of China ware and arc. intended asgffts {or the guests. When the dipner is over you can select what 'ion. station themselves behind the chairs of the guests and play string instruments. singing an almost con- tinuous accompaniment. Flower girls, bearing sweet blossoms of the liches, enter and twine garlands across the tables. among chair backs. about the flags and in the long lines of lanterns. The tables are rapidly spread with food and a strange mixture of orien tal and occidean dishes it is! In addition to roast beef. ham. chicken“ turkey and mutton. are dozens 0" Chinese" “delicacies. curries of every kind. sharks' tins, jellied eggs. pick- led fish, baked hedge-boar, spitted rice birds, drawn pelican meat, pre- serves of all sorts. mangoose, man- gostines, and Chinese puddings. There is no menu card. You just pick out what you like and' tackle it, irrespective of what your neighbor is eating and regardless of whether you begin with dessert or end with soup. tine, and the senior naval offi- cer of the port. Here and. there among the other diners are wealthy Chine“ merchants, their costumes in start- ling contth to the colourless white Eton mesa jacket: of the rest at the company. It plum where their name: an Wtittm on pieces d pasteboard. Round the hon! at the centre tablo an: the ebony chair: at the host. the Governor at he cology. the chief jus- fim -_j AI y vctrruuuv tu.‘ greets him as he takes his place. A minute later he rises to than]: his white friends for their presence at hil lowly board and apologizes for “the humble character of the fare." he is about to set before them. Then he pagne. port. sherry. Frontinac and e variety of native wines. A hundred young women follow with trays 0! wine glasses and tumblers and in a few minutes every guest is supplied. Immediately the affair DEVELOPS INTO A FEAST magnificent enough for an old Roman banquaot hall. This women. imported from norghern China for the occas- ANTITOXIN AND DIPHTHERIA. CURIOUS DRAUGHT ANIHALS. Recently the Vich 0! India went to visit a native prince. and was Bur- priscd to see in the (ox-goon. pro~ cce ism which met him two rhiqozcrou- es ridden by pootiiions. no» huge creaturee caused a good deal of in- terest. but in England there have been seen acme cqu-xlly curiou- nub- Ititutee for borne. A tether eccen- tric old gentleman mod to drive a teen 01 toxhoqnde in Kent. a few can ago. and tho don would cove: Lg distances at a tremendonq . But even he we: outdone: by 0 you“!!! German who Ind a carriage Still. even (our nbreut could never manage. There would be no room‘ to turn. We don't turn, yer lunar. Whoa feyt her wants to turn. he an. "Tom!" And we all mm.” lint. there is. sorr. Four sleep: at the top and to!" 3t thc bottom, chimed in the child. Oh, but (bare in not room (or eight at you! > _ Foyther and mother, myself and mo foivc brothers an! siluro. answered giddy, who was about tw lve yearn od "\VE ALL TURNS." It was in the west of Inland. The cabin was of the usual pattern; with cattle stalls to the left a: you enter- ed, an open chimney. a round table. one cbxir, a big box, and one bed to the right. The legs of the bedstead. an old tour-poster. had sunk into tho ea rt hen (loot. How many at you sleep thoreJ mm girl! mid (Iv: tourist. “’ultca‘ N. IInkhnnn, president of (In Louisville Courier-Journal Company. celebrated hés elghtleth birthday re- cently. lie was mesented with c testimonial by eighty of the oldest emplc-yes at the company, the aver- age service at! which was nearLy seventeen years. One at the eighty had been with the company for thirty-five years. and another. 0. 0. Stenly. the Cm-ier-Jourul’a Wuh- incton cmespondent, had served the papa! {or thirty-(our you-I. A Rochester coroner censured Con- ductor Selick Smith, of the “'05! Shove, on account of the death 0! Patrick Quigley and John Kinaella, of Auburn, who were, killed last week. The men were three times cjoctd from the train between Cnnandaigua and Fisher‘s Station for trying to ride “it-bout paying fares. Then they bought tickets, but Conductor b‘mith refused to hot them. get on the, train again. unless they paid (or the free ride they already had. They took the next freight train and were kill- ed while leaving it in the Rochester yards. The coroner thinks Conductor Smith contributed to their death by not letting them ride after they fiat-ally had bought tickets. Dammrat. Mr. Stein was n,writer whose charm was appreciated by tho readcns of his paper no more than by his brother newspaper writ," i. all parts a: the: country. His “By tho Bye“ column in tho 'l‘izncsrusmmrat was clipped more liberally than the feature work of any contemporary writer. It was well worth copying. The press of New, Orleans h:- an!- teurcd another irreparable loss in tho death of O. H. Sicin. of the Time.- The directors at the‘ recent Music Festival at Syruuso report that tho total attendance was 8,000. The totnl coat of the festival. including every expenditum known. was about 029.100. The total receipts were practically $6,500. This leave! a deficiency o! flbJU‘l 82.600. The guarantors will have to make this up by a tax. of 50 cents on a dollar. tor wt in a copy at tt'm [hfiyâ€"C‘itizzi. of Vicksburg. (or Jul.)' 2, 1863. printed on wallpaper. An experiment in criminology in be- ing tried under the new parole law. Byron Day. anutom’ous burglar, wu taken tram the Rosheatcr jail by order of Judge Sutherland and after a talk with the judge. n‘luscd on parole. Work was (and {or him inc shoe [notary and he will be given. an opportunity to prove his promises a! reform. ABOUT THE BUSY YANKEE. Tbs Board of Estimate and Appor- tionment has raised the salaries o! .3va teachers in Albany. N.Y., schools. Prof. Hales. instructor in drawing. leads the list with an in- crease from 01.600 to 31,900. Andrew Burden. a farmer living in AN HOUR WITH UNCLE SAM a dose at knockout drops in Roch- ester. robbed at about $15 and left insemibbc in an alley. mhme he wu later discovered by the police. PERSQNAL AND POLITICAL NEWS The Rochester Chamber of Com- merce has published apamphlet set- ting forth the advantages of Bach- ester. especially in water and electric power. It is imwnded especially [or distribution at like l’an-Americal‘ Exposition. Andrew Burden. ; farmer living in Alton. Wayne County. N.Y.. was (ad Robert W. Button. a reporter (I. the stuff of a Washington evening will mean daily balances of the salary fund. which will _add from 06,000 to An annn I n ”.000 annually to the “humming fund for the next. ten years.